Available in iTunes: Issue #3 Discosalt Magazine
We have firsties on Yeasayers new track “Henrietta” for you this week. The band recently snail mailed 200 random people on their mailing list a compact disc of their new song but we wanted to make sure you had a link to get a high quality version of “Henrietta:”
Called a “soft launch” in the industry, the release of “Henrietta” initializes the beginning of Phase 3, as in full length #3.
Listen to the first single of LA based singer/songwriter Carol Rhyu – aka White Blush.
MP3: white blush – Wait
Director: Adam Grabarnick
Cinematographer: Marcos Durian
Stylist: Bo Matthew Metz ( Id Cri)
Hair: Irene Urias (Hairroin Salon Hollywood)
Make-Up: Caroline Ramos
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We Are Serenades‘ [Adam Olenius and Markus Krunegard and friends] are snazzy dressers, and great performers. On May 9th, at Mercury Lounge, the lovechild of Shout Out Louds and Laakso, put on an incredibly fun and technically inspired show – performing a collection of synth-inspired folk songs – ranging from, the beautiful harmonies of “Daydreaming” to the off-tempo-yet-incredibly-fun “Weapons”. I found it funny – a Swedish band performing in the States, sang back-to-back songs about Mexico – opening their set with “Criminal Heaven” [the song from which the album takes it's title] and ending on Christopher Cross’ “Ride Like the Wind”. It also dawned on me that “All the Words” will play at my wedding this summer. Check out some images from the show below:
-Cory Greenwell
We were then given Sennheisner headphones, motioned into the theater and seated in tiny “space pods” – [ side note: I probably should have worn sweatpants and not the skinniest pair of jeans I own, but I digress]. Kid Koala took the stage, accompanied by his daughter, Maple, sitting contently in the chair beside him. Then, with a giant smile, Kid Koala proceeded to blow every mind in the crowd, as he performed a magic show on his turntables that would make David Copperfield green. It is incredibly rare for a musician to give so much of themselves to the audience. While most Dj’s and musicians stand on stage trying to act as cool as humanly possible, Kid Koala appeared with no pretense; more like a friend – sitting in his living room – doing what he enjoys doing most. This was what made the show such an awesome experience.
I talked to Kid Koala a.k.a Eric San after the show and he let me in on some details for the upcoming Deltron 3030 Event II – the sequel to the legendary Deltron 3030 album- which will be released in July, as well as, 12 Bit Blues another album coming out on Ninja Tune in the fall.
Here is a song called “3 Bit Blues” which appears on the upcoming album 12 Bit Blues.
You can also listen to a couple songs off the Space-Cadet album below [disclaimer: the tracks on this album are so relaxing, I haven't been able to make it through the album's entirety without being lulled to sleep].
MP3: Kid Koala: Expedition_ page 45
MP3: Kid Koala: Goodbye_ page 8
If you have the opportunity to check out Kid Koala’s “Space-Cadet Headphone Experience” show, you should not think twice. I left the show feeling so inspired, that I immediately went home and turned on my MPC [MIDI Production Center]. After a 2 month creative drought, I quickly chopped up some samples, remembering how good it feels to create music you can call your own.
Update your iPod playlist this month for free, with over 50, sh!t hot, new – indie, electronic and hip-hop – tunes! We did the work for you. All of the freshest, most recent MP3 downloads on discosalt.com can be found below, in one clean, easy to grab list.
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Check back at the end of next month for an all new buffet of ear candy. Enjoy!
Air France : It Feels Good To Be Around You (Memory Tapes Version)
A$AP Rocky : Pretty Flacko (prod. SpaceGhostPurrp)
Clams_Casino:_22 (Moon_and_Stars_Remix)
Crystal_Castles:_Suffocation_(HEALTH_Remix)
Elite Gymnastics : h e r e , i n h e a v e n 4 & 5 (CFCF remix)
Howler -Back of your neck (radio edit)
La Sera : Please Be My Third Eye
Lightouts: All I Want/ Heroes (LCD Soundsystem-David Bowie Cover)
Metronomy: The Bay (Erol Atkins Remix)
Neon_Indian:_Hex_Girlfriend_(Twin_Shadow_Remix)
Nicolas Jaar : With Just One Glance (feat. Scout LaRue)
Pictureplane : Real Is A Feeling (Grimes Remix)
Stalley: Hammers_and_Vogues (ft_Currensy)
Sun Kill Moon: Sunshine_in_Chicago
Titus_Andronics: Upon_Viewing_Oregons_Landscape_With_the_Flood_of_Detritus
Since Tame Impala guitarist Nick Albrook is also Pond’s chief songwriter and there are a few lineup overlaps, comparisons between the two Australian neo-psych pop groups are inevitable. Unlike Innerspeaker, super-producer Dave Fridmann doesn’t man the boards on this one, but the farmhouse production is affected with virtually the same tape echo, leslie speaker wobble, and vintage guitar tones. This puts the two on the same sonic playing field, but because of Pond’s willingness to take risks, Beard, Wives, Denim doesn’t feel distinctive or as firmly indebted to classic psychedelic music. With influences that range from David Crosby to Spiritualized, Pond’s songs are widely varied. “Fantastic Explosion of Time” is a grungy, garage rock fireball; “You Broke My Cool” injects ’50s style into ’70s glam; “Elegant Design” is a sly homage to funk, sung in a womanly falsetto, and “Moreno’s Blend” is a raw, acoustic porch jam. Every melody is blanketed in psychedelic sounds, giving a unified feel to the record, even if the music isn’t always easily containable. However, Pond is at their best when they go full force into watercolor psych, like in the fantastically trippy “When it Explodes,” and “Sorry I Was Under the Sky.” These songs could be B-sides to Innerspeaker. The only difference is that Tame Impala seem completely sincere about returning to the late ’60s/early ’70s. Pond is like an incorrigible younger sibling that is determined to learn by making mistakes. Both groups’ records are essential. [itunes]
Brooklyn’s Lemonade have a new melancholy throwback R&B jam called “Neptune” off the band’s new LP Diver, available May 29 on True Panther. Pre-order the limited blue vinyl version here.
mp3:
Lemonade :: Neptune
Detroit’s Danny Brown has another track to share – “Grown Up” – reminiscent of throwback radio-edits from the early nineties.
Watch the first video from the Grimes album, directed by Emily Kai Bock, for “Oblivion” – off their new album Visions. Grab the track below:
mp3:
Grimes :: Oblivion
You can also download the track “Angel” here, and grab a separate Visions bonus track called “Christmas Song,” featuring Grimes’ skills as a rap producer, on iTunes or pick up two more bonus tracks on the Canadian-only vinyl release from Arbutus.
“Myth is the new breezy, summer-track leaked from the new Beach House album Bloom, which is out this May on Sub Pop. The bands Alex Scally describes the album as “a huge crystal, spinning in a cave with Star Wars figurines.”
mp3:
Beach House :: Myth
